Shafaq News / On Wednesday, "violent" clashes erupted between the Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Duhok Governorate, Kurdistan.

A security source told Shafaq News Agency that the confrontation between the two sides occurred near a Turkish military checkpoint in Matin Mountain overlooking Sekiri village in Al-Amadiya District north of Duhok."

No further information was disclosed.

The Turkish military has regularly attacked PKK positions in Iraq and Syria.

PKK is designated a terrorist group by Ankara, the European Union, and the United States.